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Events on Sunday 10 March 1912 1
1912Yuan Shikai becomes President of the Republic of ChinaSucceeds Sun Yat-sen as head of stateYuan Shikai is inaugurated as provisional president of the Republic of China after Sun Yat-sen resigns the post in his favor. Yuan had negotiated the abdication of the Qing emperor and commands the loyalty of China's strongest military forces.